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Syria’s government has awarded potentially lucrative oil sector contracts to a mysterious Lebanese shipping outfit and a politically-connected Syrian firm, both linked to the far-flung web of companies helping Iran move oil.
A minister in Syria’s new cabinet, who is sanctioned by the EU, has business interests in an offshore firm registered in Lebanon, according to an investigation prepared by Lebant Networks for Akhbar Alaan.
Two cargo planes accused by the US in the past of moving weapons for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have dramatically increased their flights from Tehran to Syria.
An alleged frontman for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sanctioned Thursday by the US is one of the owners of a Lebanese firm linked to a Hezbollah operative.
An Iranian oil tanker has reappeared in the eastern Mediterranean Sea months after it turned off its transponder, according to maritime data and experts tracking vessel movements.
A businessman accused of helping Iran smuggle weapons is linked to a mysterious technology company active in Oman, an investigation by Levant Networks has found.
An Iranian vessel accused of smuggling weapons for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reappeared after being out of sight for five months, according to data reviewed by Akhbar Alaan.
A mysterious Cypriot front company owns a tanker reportedly moving fuel from Iran to its ally Venezuela.
Iran has shuffled the web of companies that own its oil tankers in recent months, forming five new firms in Belize while it shut down over a dozen front companies in the Carribean nation.
Influential Syrian businessman Khodr Ali Taher, who was sanctioned by the EU for war profiteering, is linked to a mysterious pro-Russian security firm.
A Syrian businessman from Tartous who is involved with Russian investments in the country has gained attention with his call for the Internal Trade and Consumer Protection minister to resign.
A cargo vessel sanctioned by the US recently traveled to Latakia, the latest maritime shipment from Iran to the Syrian port in nearly three months, an investigation by Akhbar Alaan has found.
Syria’s controversial Smart Card system to provide subsidized food is operated by a company owned by a cousin of Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria’s president.
A businessman close to Iran has been distributing aid in Deir Ezzor as Syria confronts the COVID-19 epidemic, the latest example of Tehran’s efforts to gain influence in eastern Syria, according to an activist group group.